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SERIES REVIEW: The Corean Chronicles by LE Modesitt, Jr.
Legacies (2002)Darknesses (2003)Scepters (2004)Alector’s Choice (2005)Cadmian’s Choice (2006)Soarer’s Choice (2006)The Lord-Protector’s Daughter (2008)Lady-Protector (2011) The Corean Chronicles isn’t a fantasy series that I see a lot about. In fact, on the parts of the book community I interact with online, LE Modesitt, Jr isn’t a name that appears a lot. One of the reasons for…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Twisted Ones by T Kingfisher
This is my third attempt at a T Kingfisher novel: I first tried reading The Hollow Places. I DNF’d that one because I was at the 50% mark and very little had happened. The Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, on the other hand, was a hit for me. I like her writing well enough, and…
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BOOK REVIEW: Fairy Tale by Stephen King
*THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS* Here’s to another gargantuan Stephen King novel with a too-smart-for-his-age boy protagonist who is the key to saving the day (I just read The Institute by King a few months ago, and this book, though different plot-wise, at least wears a similar coat). In Fairy Tale we have Charlie, who is…
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BOOK REVIEW: Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
“They all want to live ‘in harmony with nature’ before some of them realize, too late, that nature is anything but harmonious.” The above quote really strikes the tone of this novel, written by Max Brooks (Mel Brooks’s son. Yes, that Mel Brooks). This isn’t Brooks’s first attempt at fiction; he has written two zombie…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel
When a man is arrested for stealing food in a remote vacation town in Maine, nobody really expected what was to follow. The man who was arrested is Christopher Knight, a man who spent almost thirty years in complete isolation from society and from his fellow human beings. What makes Knight’s story unique (aside from…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell may be known primarily for his screenplay for Tim Burton’s 1988 film Beetlejuice, but prior to this, he was already a well-respected horror novelist. He has been praised by Stephen King as “the finest writer of paperback originals in America.” His work, written in the Southern Gothic tradition, gets far darker than other…
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